Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-11

TIE Amsr5osn PrsshyteFian Board q
Niasioba 1hrOuRh the active exeF-
tiors Of the ministers % the post and .
member Of the Imperial Co1ncii, .
state grant Of q 900 sqzare yards Of
1 ground has bssn Lnade. On this hos
| pital 10 accomu0date 800 10 100 per
sopa will be crested Mra. W. II. Terry
q Laks Forest, III. has given ft0Go foi
this puspoae, which san has bees 10
creased 70 5000 By TIE Amerissn Pres
5yterian Board Of Missions. AZ to-
am unt 10 iaadeqaate for the p1rpose
It 10 hoped b. the founders that oona
tons may b. rtceivsa frsm charitabll
Disposed people Of the United states
The Militia Hssey.
| First Comptroller Darnan has de
cidsd that the increases 10 the amsun
appropriated by the lsst Congress froz
$4,000 70 900 600, 10 provide arm
and equipments for the militia, doe
nOt become availabis until July Is
next, tue beginning Of the us1t heCa
year. He. however. regards the IN
crease 10 tAe nature Of a permanent
san1ity.
| Horses and Cattle fer Indians.
The Commissioners Of Indiss Afairl
today awarded contracts for furnishing
for distribution among ths several In
| dian tribes, 3l3 wagons, 40 sets Of bar
f! ness, Z32 mileh COWS, 20 yoke Of worn
/ oxen, ~ brood mares. 95 balls. "a stal-
lions, 100 stock cattle and mules
Appointed EKAmiBeF OF Banks.
The Comptroller Of the Currency to-
day appointed Berry ]. Sullivan, Of
Mlllssarg. OHIO, 10 Be Examiner Of the
| National Banks in Eastern OHIO, 10
plsee Of X. q. ParsoBs, resigned.
Chinese OReFing 90 Leave san desc.
SAN JosE, March 10.-Ths Chinese
hays made a formal proposition 20 the
/ Mayor and Common Council, Offering
70 vseate Chinatown for an amount to
be hereafter agreed upon, and 10 take
ap their quarters beyond the city limits.
Remarkable Ball NoVementin wheat.
sAs FnAsorsoo, March l0.-ReferrinR
70 special dispatches stating that the
Nevada bank vas engineering a great
wheat deal in Chicago, the cashier Of
that institution today stated 10 AssOci-
ated Press representatives, that the New
ada bank vas uOt interested 10 anyway
in tbs present Upward movement IN
4
handling Chicago wheat, and this,
suppose" be added, has led to the be
| lief that it vas operating on its own ae-
| count" Mr.. Dresbaoh. one Of the NEST
prominent grain dealers and President
OF the Produce Exchange Of this city.
| wac interviewed on the subject, be said
The talk about the Nevada bank being
behind the bull movement in wheat
] a. - q
| truth Of tho matter 10 that Chicago
| wheat until lately has been unusually
depressed. and buyeFg here seeing a
good opportunity to purchase In Cal
cago at what they considered low price
did so. This was one cause Of the rise
Another wss that the stock on hand
th re IL much lighter than Anticipated,
and holders are not at all disposed 70
let 90. This was clearly shown on March
LIST. On this DAY it il customary TO as
sess tax on sll wheat IN the ware
houses. As a consequences large qHanti-
ties change hands shortly before thai
date. THIS year, however, there were
very few transactions Of this kind.
SgIll another reason assigned by Mr..
Drssbaoh for the upward tendency OF
the market, which be considered a per
fec1ly healtbful one, vas that the prospec-
tive crops we're yet in danger. that with
4 lack OF late spring rains = large pro
portion OF the crops would prove a fail
ure, a. the rainfall in many places il
late and has resulted in late sOwn seed
I days market was weaker, closing
two cents under yesterday.
sheFman's visit simply a Recreation.
JACKSONVILLE, March 10. 49, Senator
I Sherman said to Tiuies Union repOr
ter this morning: Il want you TO cor.
rect an erroneous impression. While al
breakfast this morning, | saw in the
| Washington Star long article setting
forth the object Of my trip to Florida
aud stating that Il was purely political
trip. | have not heard politics men
| Toned since / left Washington. We
we're tired of Congress and its work,
made up a party and started down
| here simply for recreation. | AN out OF
| politics Just now. do not want poll
/ tics 20 enter my head for two weeks.
will not say a word about politics until
| ! reach Nashville on my return. Then
| | will take a political stand and will
| bold 10 Il some time" Senator Sher-
/ man expressed himself as aRreeably
| disappointed by the railroads IN the
coantry, and by the many signs notice
able everywhere Of improvements since
his last visit.
PostmasteFH Appointed.
WASHINGTON, Msreh 10 The Presi
| dent today appointed the following
named postmasiers: NJ. Byrue. Jr.. at
Grass Valley, Callfornis, vice ). ID. BOs-
woTih. whose commission is expired
Isaac N. Thompson. st Santa Clara, vice
j. NJ. Billings. commission expired; Ed.
W. EisbAum. At Sanford. California.
vice J. Plummer. commission expired;
Elisha Dewitt, AZ Yreka, California, vice
II. RAyues, commission expired; Edwin
o. Rollins, At Oroville, California, vice
John Nj. smith, resigned; Hiram II.
Thomas, at Calusa. California, vice A.
Heimor. removed; Mary q. Hughes. at
Fresno City, California. vice W. T..
HEses. deceased; W. l.. kiDhey, at San
BsraSrdino. California, vice W. X. Por-
ter, resigned: Napoleon r. Byrne, at
Berkeley. California, vice \. ). Morrill,,
commission expired.
Emmsns Blaine Appointed Freight
Agent.
CaIcAao, March I0.-The circular il
sued today by the Chicago. santa Fe
4 California Railway Company lAtehi.
sou. topeka & santa Fs eItensios) }
states that Emmons Blaine has been
appointed General freight aud Passen-
ger Agent OF the toad. He will eater
/ upeB bis duties sn April LIST.
Skipping Intelligence.
San Francisco. March u.-sAiled--
/ Steamer WallA Walla, for Seattle
steamer San Pedro. for Tscoma.
foHr IowSsx D, March l0-AFrived-
SisamshiF Idaho. fron Portland. en-
Foute 90 Alaska brig W II. Meyers has
/ returned.
PoRr MADISON. March Io.-Arrived-
BARK oakland.
FoHr ASaEIos. March l0.-Ths ship
Carrollton ~ still in port The govern
meet ltnS Ia down. Cloady. Light west
sind.
pvSoESrss. March 1.-Two loaded
| schooRers passed outward.
war BLoonEp.-A young msn by the
name % RloSd living rear Ausoortes.
90 Fidslgo Island, last Tuesday Gem
naitted snieids hy blowing ont his brains.
/ AhoaI wear siBse be Vas employed by
a well knows farmer, afr. Graham, and
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